Drawers



(No Model.) I

R. H. ANDERSON.

DRAWBRS.

Patented 0012.10, 1882 N. PETERS MOUWJQKYIPM" Washlngim n. a

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT H. ANDERSON, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

DRAWERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 265,733, dated October 10, 1882.

Application filed June 24, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT HUNTER AN- DERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond,in the countyof Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Manufacture of Drawers or Analogous Garments; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of drawers or analogous garments; and it consists, first, in the method of re-enforcin g the seat by means of asingle piece of material extending from a point where the back seam terminates to the opposite sides of the front facings; second, in the combination of the re-enforcing seat-piece with the front facing and waistband or waistband-facing, as hereinafter more fully described, and as shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows the pattern of the reenforcing piece for the seat, and Fig.5 shows a modified construction thereof. Fig. 2 shows in perspective the waistband-facin g and thefront facing. Fig.3shows so much ofa pair of drawers as will be necessary to illustrate myinvention, the same being shown by a front view; and Fig. 4. is a back view thereof.

Like letters of reference are employed to indicate like parts wherever such may occur in the above figures 'of drawings.

A represents the waistband or waistbandfacing, that extends from opposite sides of the opening a in the back of the drawers to the front opening, a, extending down along said opening to a point some distance above the fork f of the drawers. The waistband and a portion of the front facing, as will be seen by Figs. 2, 3, and 4, is made of two pieces, though it may be made of more than two pieces, and its terminals a are jointed to the re-enforcing piece B of the seat. This re-enforcing piece B is made of one piece of material, and of the shape shown in Fig.1,the narrow square edge I) being sewed across the back seam immediately below or at the point where the back opening or slit in the waistband terminates, thus preventing the tearing of this opening along the back seam, which so frequently occurs where no provisions are made to avoidit. The body B of the re-enforcing piece B is gradually enlarged from the straight narrow portion b to a point, I), so as to practically cover the seat of the garment. From the point I) the re-enforcing piece B again contracts and forms the neck N, that extends over the fork of the garment, said narrow portion 1) terminating in two tongues, b If, that extend upward along the opposite edges of the front opening, and form a portion of the front facing, the said tongues 11 being sewed to the extremities a of the front facing. By means of this peculiar construction of re-enforcing piece B, I not only materially strengthen the seat of the garment by a double thickness of material, but also the fork thereof, and provide a convenient means to prevent the tearing out of the front and back openings, to a, as will be readily understood.

Of course it will be understood that I do not limit myself to the application of this re-enforcing piece to drawers or to the outside of the seat of drawers, or to makingthe said re-enforcing piece of one piece ofmaterial, asit is evident that it (the re-enforeing piece) may be applied to overalls or pantaloons, and that it may be applied to inside of the seat as well as the outside 5 and, lastly, that said re enforcing piece, to save material, may be made in sections sewed together.

I have above described a re-enforcin g piece for the seat of garments such as set forth constructed in such manner as will result in the greatest economy of the goods used. When, however, this economy is no object, I prefer to construct the said piece as shown in Fig. 5, and, as will be seen, the tongues b b are here extended and cut to form the front portion of the waistband, the whole of the pattern being cut from a single piece of goods, which will impart to the garment a much handsomer appearance, as there is no seam across the facings along the front opening.

, Having now described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A re-enforcing piece, B, for garments such as described, consisting of a seat part having or other like garment,0f the re-enforcing piece the contracted portion or neck b and the two B, constructed and having the configuration diverging tongues b and adapted to be updescribed and shown, and applied to such garplied as described. lnent, substantially as specified.

5 2. A ire-enforcing piece constructed to re-en- In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 15 force the seat of H- pnir of drawers or other presence of two witnesses. like garment and constitute the facing of the ROBERT HUNTER ANDERSON. front opening and a portion of the waistband, Witnesses: substantially as and for the purpose specified. Jos. B. DAVIS,

I a 3. The combination, with it pair of drawers R0 N. HENRY. 

